- Date
- September 5, 1992, 14:41 local (21:41 UTC)
- Place
- Santa Monica, CA
- Injuries
- 4 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N54566Cessna 182A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920905042489A
- Case key
- 27753
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Probable cause
The the pilot's poorly planned approach; his failure to select the proper touch down point; and inadequate remedial action.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane's nose wheel struck 9 inches below the runway, shearing off the nose wheel causing the airplane to nose over onto its back. The pilot was planning to land on the numbers. The terrain before the runway threshold slopes upward and the runway has a minus 1.2% gradient. The runway numbers are located on the approach end of the runway. The pilot reported encountering a strong downdraft, but the surface winds were only 10 knots. The pilot failed to select the proper touch down point and failed to adequately correct the situation when it became evident that the airplane was going to land short of the runway environment.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54566
- Reported as
- Cessna 182A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 051715
- Airframe hours
- 3,086
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Albright, Larry W.
- Registered owner
- Albright, Larry W.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1992 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- L70 · Agua Dulce, CA
- Airport
- SMO · Santa Monica, runway 21, 4,987 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 650 total · 320 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SMO, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.